Here are some last photos of Uni and the surrounds. I’m working on the new blog site and have to give you something to amuse you while I’m looking for work.  Plus, these are images of uni that I will particularly miss, and wanted to preserve.

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My days as ‘Nearly-Dr Ferox’ are officially numbered.

Everything was passed. I was fairly sure it would be because if a horse examiner says “Good job” at the end of your exam, I don’t think they’re allowed to be sarcastic.

Now I’m in limbo until graduation (3 weeks away),  trying to find a suitable job.

Something with support in a friendly atmosphere, preferably mixed practice with no racehorses, and most importantly, amazing stories to tell. (confidentially, of course)

I’m in a reminiscing sort of mood. I’ve moved out of college this morning, I’m back at home and I odn’t physically have space to store all my notes anymore. The future has a long list of things I need to do (including applying for a job seekers allowance from the government).

But don’t think it’s the end of my blogging. There will be a new URL, and a new look.

I may be due to graduate, but that’s not a happy ending.

There are no happy endings, because nothing ends.

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Just one more exam to go.

Just one more fifteen minute oral, and I’ll ahve earnt my veterinary degree.

Just one more exam.

Just one more fifteen minute oral.

About Horses.

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Well, that last one wasn’t so easy. Felt like a lot of left field questions and the examiners didn’t exactly pup me at ease.

Still, 30 minutes of talking left to get my degree. The worst is last but I think I’m over it by now. The heat wave isn’t helping either.

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The latest exam was a bit wierd, but went well.

My two examiners, both well known, competant vets, decided that they were going to roleplay a pair of “Stupid Clients” who had never taken their dogs to the vet before and wanted to know all the preventative health measures that should be in place.

They also slipped in some of the many stupid comments that are said to vets from time to time, such as:

• “But it must be a girl, it has nipples!” (Men have nipples too don’t they?)
• “But they’re brother and sister, they would never breed!” (Oh yes they will!)
• “But the breeder has had dogs for 20 years and they said….” (My parents have had kids for 20 years, that doesn’t give them an honorary medical degree.)
• “Can’t we just get the parvo vaccine and not the distemper and hepatitis” (No, they’ve mixed together. It would be like taking the chocolate out of chocolate milk)
• “He won’t get kennel cough, he doesn’t go to kennels.” (Ok, we’ve got to start calling it ‘Canine Cough’ instead. It can be caught anywhere dogs mix)
• “We saw this white cucumber seed in the dog’s poo. Our daughter ate it, can she get sick?” (That’s a tapeworm segment. She won’t get directly sick from that, but please encourage her not to eat faeces. That tapeworm is transmitted by eating fleas)
• “Oh no, our dogs don’t have fleas.” (Well the tapeworm came from somewhere sunshine!)

And on it went, for 15 minutes. I have the sneeking suspicion that they enjoyed “playing dumb clients” far too much, but it was fun as far as exams went.

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